Michigan and Western Michigan have one important thing in common other than the fact they reside in the same state: Both got off to lousy starts in their season openers last week.
Most know about the bad start No. 21 Michigan got off to in a highly-anticipated matchup at Notre Dame, as the Wolverines fell behind 21-10 at halftime and saw their vaunted defense that got all sorts of preseason hype get shredded.
Notre Dame not only scored 21 points against a defense that returned 10 starters from a unit that ranked third nationally in 2017, but the Fighting Irish also had 233 yards of total offense in the first half, alone.